DDoS Attacks: Cyberterror or Cyber Warfare?

On of the most common types of cyber attacks occurring today is known as a distributed denial of service attack, or DDoS. Distributed Denial-Of-Service is a form of electronic attack involving multiple computers, which send repeated HTTP requests or pings to a server to load it down and render it inaccessible for a period of time.  The purpose of DDoS attacks are typically most comparable to street protests, so these types of attacks are usually seen as such.  An example of a large DDoS attack was Operation Titstorm, which were a series of denial-of-service attacks conducted by the Anonymous online community against the Australian government in response to proposed web censorship regulations. 

Now let me define both cyberterrorism and cyber warfare.

Cyberterrorism: “A criminal act perpetrated through computers resulting in violence, death and/or destruction, and creating terror for the purpose of coercing a government to change its policies.” (Wilson, 2003)

Cyber Warfare:  "Refers to politically motivated hacking to conduct sabotage and espionage."

At first glance, I would say this is an easy one... a DDoS attack is an example of Cyber Warfare. However, if a successful DDoS attack shuts down a major server in say China, then wouldn't that constitute a form of destruction? Also, the last part of the definition that says "creating terror for the purpose of coercing a government to change its policies" sounds an awful lot like the purpose of a street protest, which is regularly compared to it's virtual version known as DDoS.

Sources: 
http://resources.infosecinstitute.com/cyberterrorism-distinct-from-cybercrime/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denial-of-service_attack